1822 April 16 + Revised and copied 30 April 1822

Rid Yourselves

Part II Lett 3 Appeals unendurable

In this case - maybe in almost all cases - distance suffices of itself to render anything better that despotism and

misrule impossible.

Suppose, in any province, a functionary sent by your rulers to act in the character

of governor: suppose him capable of maintaining himself in that character and

maintaining himself accordingly,- be he who he may, abuse in two opposite shapes can

not fail to be abundant: abuse, to the injury of the inhabitants; and abuse to the

injury of your government: to the injury of its dominion of all practical expectation

of profit from it to you in the shape of pecuniary

contributions to the injury of all dominion always supposing the existence of it.

Here then is injury. Well then - Against depredation or oppression in any other

shapes shall complaint be made? complaint produces irritation; irritation vengeance.

Contrary to the probability, at the end of [..?] a year a whole year or two years, at

the hands of the gobierno through the medium of the Cortes, and the Monarch. Suppose

an order for redress issued and received. Individuals /An/ had been thrown into

prison: the order has arrived for their /his/ release. For his release? but [...?]

some [...?] months after the day on which order without waiting for signature it sent

contiguation had effected it. Since then fresh oppressions have been exercised;

oppressions destined not not destined to be followed by orders for relief

unfortunately between the pace of oppression and that of relief the difference is

considerable. Oppression follows oppression at the distance of a day Relief follows

oppression at the distance of 365 days: oppression is a dromedary: Relief a

tortoise.